windows is ass. i use only linux now.
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Same, I also run Linux only for gaming. Steam Deck convinced me too.
Given the path of the US right now, this is the wisest decision any American can make.
This. Also, get a VPN service, like Nord that’s preferably not based in the US. Also, Microsoft is literally installing spyware on your computer already. (CoPilot and Recall). They would have NO problems turning over your computer data to the Trump regime on their whims.
While true, desktops and laptops mean nothing now. Most people dont even have anything other than a phone.
If youre using android or ios, youre not private and you are being tracked 24/7.
Sadly my s23 only runs android and Linux phones aren’t good enough yet.
Every gamer does a sideways glance ;).
GrapheneOS for Pixels, you can be completely degoogled.
I don’t even do email on my phone. I like the large monitor that doesn’t require glasses to see. Two monitors even.
I derive no joy from watching video on a phone.
I mean, sure, in terms of OS choice.
I think there are some other decisions that give it a run for its money if you don’t limit the scope to computing, though.
Given the state of the united states, and the world in general, gaining control over your personal privacy and security are fundamental to any other initiative you undertake
Indeed. Wise decision for everyone else too.
It’s a bit more urgent for US Citizens.
Why don’t they upgrade to a Canadian OS then?
Arch started as Canadian. GhostBSD maybe?
OpenBSD.
Soon the filthy commie anfifa OS will be made illegal there.
That would be 9front though.
s/ American/one
You forgot :
Wat dis dud sed ⬆️
You are aware that, unlike (e.g.) OpenBSD, Linux is (legally) an American product, right?
I mean Linus did kick out some russians based on US sanctions, but technically nobody owns Linux. You can use a distro from the EU, and if USA did pressure Linus, people could fork the kernel in another country. As well as it being open source where US pull requests could be analyzed for backdoors
I mean Linus did kick out some russians based on US sanctions
How exactly is that better than Windows?
open source
You are aware that there was a critical security hole in X for almost three decades, right?
First one I agreed he bowed to pressure. 2nd one, not sure which one you mean. Every software has vulnerabilities yet to be discovered, researchers work hard to breakstuff. Windows had tons that researchers disclosed to them and they refused to fix, until researchers started issuing the vulners daily (and said they had 100s more they could release all year). Open Source means we can check and fix once discovered, good luck getting a for profit corporation to act. Re: the recent national defense issue with MS not disclosing vulnerabilities because they didtn want to kill their sales.
Open Source means we can check and fix once discovered
How many % of your operating system’s source code have you 1) read and 2) understood?
I assume you mean The Linux Foundation.
While the LF is US based, the real “product” is the distro and you can choose a non-US distro. My distro of choice is based in Spain.
And, if needed, the kernel could be forked to anywhere in the world without disruption.
Many core programs are built primarily by US firms, like Red Hat, but even OpenBSD relies on many of those. Same story with the forking. OpenBSD maintains some of this themselves (like X11).
What kind of product do you think an operating system kernel is, whose development is driven by a US citizen (Linus Torvalds) under the patronage of a US foundation (Linux Foundation) and with significant involvement of several US companies (Red Hat, Microsoft, NSA) and is usually delivered with a whole host of software from US organisations (foremost: GNU), if not a US product?
I did this in 2012 or something. Welcome!
I have no idea who that dude is. I won’t follow his example.
He is some influencer, dont you wanna be influenced by the video people?
Seriously though, Linux doesnt need this guy to speak for it. Its an amazing system. This guy just wants YouTube views. Whatever. :)
Without Linux, I cant imagine using a computer. Its like asking a big American corporation to allow me to log in, knowing its tracking everything i do. THAT is the insanity of using windows mate.
He used to review Android phones for one of the Android phone sites. I can’t remember if it was Android Police or 9To5 Android.
Its like asking a big American corporation to allow me to log in, knowing its tracking everything i do.
You are aware that, unlike (e.g.) OpenBSD, Linux is (legally) an American product, right?
Sure. But you probably know that big tech companies like Microsoft and Google spies on their users using the operating system, and makes changes to those said operating systems in order to collect as much private data as possible.
Its a very big difference compared to using Linux. Sure, most of it is American companies. But you have a lot of choice in the Linux world. Its not the same. I think you know this? Otherwise you have a lot of good things to find out about. :)
You have increasingly less choice in the Linux world though. Thank you, Lennart Poettering.
Heh, true. But even systemd is a choice, kind of. Even though it brings the number of distributions to maybe just a few.
I wanted to try these ones at some point, seems nice:
Wait what is the problem with systemd?
Gentoo and Void are indeed my favourite Linux distributions. “No systemd” remains my favourite filter on Distrowatch. Void is basically “NetBSD, but fast”. I’d recommend it.
Any reasons you don’t want to try? Just curious.
I think they mean they already use linux. Or Unix.
Unix.
I actually had tried a few Linuxen in the past 30 years, and while I still have a soft spot for Gentoo and Void (edit: I love how everyone just ignores this part…), I noticed that Linux distributions have deeply fallen for over-engineering recently, making them not notably better than Windows anymore. Also, migrating from one US product to another makes limited sense to me.
You think Linux is an American product?
Yes, I think so. But I’m always open to constructive feedback: What kind of product do you think an operating system kernel is, whose development is driven by a US citizen (Linus Torvalds) under the patronage of a US foundation (Linux Foundation) and with significant involvement of several US companies (Red Hat, Microsoft, NSA) and is usually delivered with a whole host of software from US organisations (foremost: GNU), if not a US product?
Yes, of course, Linux has developers from all sorts of countries. But then, so do Windows and macOS.
Linux has developers from all sorts of countries. But then, so do Windows and macOS.
Microsoft and Apple are subject to US authority. Linux is not.
the us gov’t forced the linux kernel group to kick out its russian contributors that us gov’t considered problematic and it will happen again as more people try to contribute to linux and the us gov’t approve of them either.
How exactly are the US-based stewards of Linux development not subject to US authority?
How are they?
That’s like saying you don’t like American cheese, so you won’t drive American cars. If you reduce operating systems to a handful of arbitrary traits this way, you may as well roll the dice and pick based on that.
I think that the first part of my comment was the more relevant part.
